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PHILIP LARKIN

Poet Analysis

Poems found: 348

DOCKERY AND SON

LOVE AGAIN

THE MOWER

VERS DE SOCI??T??

WILD OATS

CUT GRASS

DUBLINESQUE

LOVE WE MUST PART

TOADS

HOME IS SO SAD

REFERENCE BACK

IF GRIEF COULD BURN OUT

AGE

ANNUS MIRABILIS

AUTOBIOGRAPHY AT AN AIR-STATION

AUTUMN

BRIDGE FOR THE LIVING

COMING

FICTION AND THE READING PUBLIC

HE HEARS THAT HIS BELOVED HAS BECOME ENGAGED

HEADS IN THE WOMEN'S WARD

HIGH WINDOWS

HOW TO SLEEP

IF, MY DARLING

LONG SIGHT IN AGE

LOVE

MAIDEN NAME

LATEST FACE

MONEY

MOTHER, SUMMER, I

NEW YEAR POEM

PARTY POLITICS

PIGEONS

SKIN

SELF'S THE MAN

SEND NO MONEY

SPRING

THE LITERARY WORLD: 1

THE LITERARY WORLD: 2

THE NORTH SHIP

THE OLD FOOLS

THE WINTER PALACE

TO MY WIFE

WINTER

A STUDY OF READING HABITS

AMBULANCES

AN ARUNDEL TOMB

AUBADE

BORN YESTERDAY

CHURCH GOING

DAYS

FAITH HEALING

FOR SIDNEY BECHET

I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER

LINES ON A YOUNG LADY'S PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

MCMXIV [1914]

MR. BLEANEY

MYXOMATOSIS

NEXT, PLEASE

POETRY OF DEPARTURES

SAD STEPS

SUNNY PRESTATYN

TALKING IN BED

THE EXPLOSION

THE TREES

THE WHITSUN WEDDINGS

THIS BE THE VERSE

TOADS REVISITED

WEDDING-WIND

SLIGHT RELAX OF AIR WHERE COLD WAS

ALL CATCHES ALIGHT

ALL CATCHES ALIGHT

APRIL SUNDAY BRINGS THE SNOW

AND NOW THE LEAVES SUDDENLY LOSE STRENGTH

AS A WAR IN YEARS OF PEACE

AT THE CHIMING OF LIGHT UPON SLEEP

AT THIRTY-ONE, WHEN SOME ARE RICH

AUTUMN HAS CAUGHT US IN OUR SUMMER WEAR

CLIMBING THE HILL WITHIN THE DEAFENING WIND

CLIMBING THE HILL WITHIN THE DEAFENING WIND

COME THEN TO PRAYERS

COMING AT LAST TO NIGHT'S MOST THANKFUL SPRINGS

DEAR CHARLES, MY MUSE, ASLEEP OR DEAD

HAVING GROWN UP IN SHADE OF CHURCH AND STATE

HEAVIEST OF FLOWERS, THE HEAD

HEAVIEST OF FLOWERS, THE HEAD

I AM WASHED UPON A ROCK

I DREAMED OF AN OUT-THRUST ARM OF LAND

I DREAMED OF AN OUT-THRUST ARM OF LAND

I HAVE STARTED TO SAY

I PUT MY MOUTH

I PUT MY MOUTH

I SEE A GIRL DRAGGED BY THE WRISTS

IF GRIEF COULD BURN OUT

IF GRIEF COULD BURN OUT

IF HANDS COULD FREE YOU, HEART

IF HANDS COULD FREE YOU, HEART

IN TIMES WHEN NOTHING STOOD

IS IT FOR NOW OR FOR ALWAYS

KICK UP THE FIRE

KICK UP THE FIRE, AND LET THE FLAMES BREAK LOOSE

LIFT THROUGH THE BREAKING DAY

LIKE THE TRAIN'S BEAT

LIKE THE TRAIN'S HEAT

LONG LION DAYS

LONG ROOTS MOOR SUMMER TO OUR SIDE OF EARTH

MANY FAMOUS FEET HAVE TROD

MORNING AT LAST: THERE IN THE SNOW

MORNING HAS SPREAD AGAIN

MORNING HAS SPREAD AGAIN

NEW EYES EACH YEAR

NONE OF THE BOOKS HAVE TIME

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT WAS REALLY SAID

ONE MAN WALKING A DESERTED PLATFORM

ONE MAN WALKING A DESERTED PLATFORM

PAST DAYS OF GALES

POUR AWAY THAT YOUTH

POUR AWAY THAT YOUTH

SCRATCH ON THE SCRATCH PAD

SINCE THE MAJORITY OF ME

SINCE THE MAJORITY OF ME

SINKING LIKE SEDIMENT THROUGH THE DAY

SO THROUGH THAT UNRIPE DAY YOU BORE YOUR HEAD

SO THROUGH THAT UNRIPE DAY YOU BORE YOUR HEAD

SO YOU HAVE BEEN, DESPITE PARENTAL BAN

BOTTLE IS DRUNK OUT BY ONE

DAILY THINGS WE DO

HILLS IN THEIR RECUMBENT POSTURES

HORNS OF THE MORNING

HORNS OF THE MORNING

HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE SERIOUS WOOD

LITTLE LIVES OF EARTH AND FORM

LOCAL SNIVELS THROUGH THE FIELDS

MOON IS FULL TONIGHT

THIS IS THE FIRST THING

THIS IS THE FIRST THING

THIS WAS YOUR PLACE OF BIRTH, THIS DAYTIME PALACE

TIME AND SPACE WERE ONLY THEIR DISGUISES

TO PUT ONE BRICK UPON ANOTHER

TO WRITE ONE SONG, I SAID

UNDER A SPLENDID CHESTNUT TREE

WAITING FOR BREAKFAST, WHILE SHE BRUSHED HER HAIR

WAITING FOR BREAKFAST, WHILE SHE BRUSHED HER HAIR

WE MET AT THE END OF THE PARTY

WE SEE THE SPRING BREAKING ACROSS ROUGH STONE

WHEN FIRST WE FACED, AND TOUCHING SHOWED

WHEN THE NIGHT PUTS TWENTY VEILS

WHO CALLED LOVE CONQUERING

WHO WHISTLED FOR THE WIND, THAT IT SHOULD BREAK

WHY DID I DREAM OF YOU LAST NIGHT?

WITHIN THE DREAM YOU SAID

WITHIN THE DREAM YOU SAID

STONE CHURCH DAMAGED BY A BOMB

STUDY OF READING HABITS

WRITER

ABSENCES

ADMINISTRATION

AFTER-DINNER REMARKS: 1

AFTER-DINNER REMARKS: 2

AFTER-DINNER REMARKS: 3

AFTER-DINNER REMARKS: 4

AFTERNOONS

AGE

AMBULANCES

ARUNDEL TOMB

ANNUS MIRABILIS

APE EXPERIMENT ROOM

ARRIVAL

ARRIVALS, DEPARTURES

AS BAD AS A MILE

AT GRASS

AUBADE

AUTOBIOGRAPHY AT AN AIR-STATION

AUTUMN

BEST SOCIETY

BORN YESTERDAY

BREADFRUIT

BRIDGE FOR THE LIVING

BROADCAST

BY DAY, A LIFTED STUDY-STOREHOUSE

CHURCH GOING

COMING

COMPLINE

CONSCRIPT

CONTINUING TO LIVE

COUNTING

CUT GRASS

DAWN

DAYS

DECEPTIONS

DEEP ANALYSIS

DISINTEGRATION

DOCKERY AND SON

DUBLINESQUE

ESSENTIAL BEAUTY

FAITH HEALING

FAR OUT

FICTION AND THE READING PUBLIC

FIRST SIGHT

FOR SIDNEY BECHET

FORGET WHAT DID

FRAGMENT FROM MAY

FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE ROYAL STATION HOTEL

GATHERING WOOD

GOING

GOING, GOING

GOOD FOR YOU, GAVIN

HE HEARS THAT HIS BELOVED HAS BECOME ENGAGED

HEADS IN THE WOMEN'S WARD

HERE

HIGH WINDOWS

HIGH WINDOWS

HOMAGE TO A GOVERNMENT

HOMAGE TO A GOVERNMENT

HOME IS SO SAD

HOSPITAL VISITS

HOW

HOW DISTANT

HOW TO SLEEP

I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER

IGNORANCE

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

LATEST FACE

LETTER TO A FRIEND ABOUT GIRLS

LIMERICK (1)

LIMERICK (2)

LINES ON A YOUNG LADY'S PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

LIVINGS: 1

LIVINGS: 2

LIVINGS: 3

LONG LAST

LONG SIGHT IN AGE

LOVE

LOVE AGAIN

LOVE SONGS IN AGE

LOVE, WE MUST PART NOW

MAIDEN NAME

MARRIAGES

MATURITY

MAY WEATHER

MCMXIV [1914]

MIDSUMMER NIGHT, 1940

MIDWINTER WAKING

MODESTIES

MONEY

MOTHER, SUMMER, I

MR. BLEANEY

MYTHOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION

MYXOMATOSIS

NATURALLY THE FOUNDATION WILL BEAR YOUR EXPENSES

NEGATIVE INDICATIVE

NEUROTICS

NEW YEAR POEM

NEXT, PLEASE

NIGHT-MUSIC

NO ROAD

NOTHING TO BE SAID

NOTHING TO BE SAID

NURSERY TALE

OBSERVATION

ON BEING TWENTY-SIX

OUT IN THE LANE I PAUSE

PARTY POLITICS

PIGEONS

PLACES, LOVED ONES

PLYMOUTH

POEM ABOUT OXFORD

POETRY OF DEPARTURES

PORTRAIT

POSTERITY

REASONS FOR ATTENDANCE

REFERENCE BACK

SAD STEPS

SCHOOLMASTER

SELF'S THE MAN

SEND NO MONEY

SHOW SATURDAY

SKIN

SOLAR

SONG: 65 DEGREES N

SONG: 70 DEGREES. FORTUNETELLING

SONG: 75 DEGREES. BLIZZARD

SONG: ABOVE 80 DEGREES

SPRING

SPRING WARNING

STORY

STRANGERS

STREET LAMPS

SUCCESS STORY

SUMMER NOCTURNE

SUNNY PRESTATYN

SYMPATHY IN WHITE MAJOR

TAKE ONE HOME FOR THE KIDDIES

TALKING IN BED

THAW

BUILDING

CARD-PLAYERS

DANCE

DANCER

DEDICATED

EXPLOSION

IMPORTANCE OF ELSEWHERE

LARGE COOL STORE

LIFE WITH A HOLE IN IT

LITERARY WORLD: 1

LITERARY WORLD: 2

MARCH PAST

MOWER

NORTH SHIP

OLD FOOLS

SCHOOL IN AUGUST

SPIRIT WOOED

TREES

VIEW

WHITSUN WEDDINGS

WINTER PALACE

WOMEN OF THE T2

THERE IS NO LANGUAGE OF DESTRUCTION

THIS BE THE VERSE

TO A VERY SLOW AIR

TO FAILURE

TO MY WIFE

TO THE SEA

TOADS

TOADS

TOADS REVISITED

TOPS

TRAUMEREI

TRIPLE TIME

TWO GUITAR PIECES: 1

TWO GUITAR PIECES: 2

TWO PORTRAITS OF SEX: 1. OILS

TWO PORTRAITS OF SEX: 2. DRY-POINT

UGLY SISTER

ULTIMATUM

UNFINISHED POEM

VERS DE SOCIETE

WANTS

WATER

WATER

WEDDING-WIND

WHATEVER HAPPENED?

WHEN THE RUSSIAN TANKS ROLL WESTWARD

WILD OATS

WINTER

WINTER NOCTURNE

WIRES

WITHIN THE DREAM YOU SAID



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